Comparison

Say Metronome vs Guitar Tab Notes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Say Metronome

Features
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Say Metronome is a voice-controlled metronome and automatic tuner, created by a musician for musicians. Keep your hands on your instrument while you start or stop the beat, change tempo, and set up practice sequences. YOUR PRACTICE, ON ONE SCREEN β€’ Set tempos from 20 to 500 BPM. β€’ Use time signatures with an accented first beat, or an even click without accents. β€’ Create repeating tempo sequences with gradual changes measured in seconds, minutes, or bars. β€’ Save practice modes and pin the ones you want to keep. β€’ Tune automatically while the metronome is stopped and the microphone is enabled. No voice-model download is needed for tuning. LIVE AUTOMATIC TUNER Play a steady note to reveal the compact chromatic tuner. Follow a continuous pitch trace moving from top to bottom, with a clear note display and tuning indicator. The tuner matches your selected visual theme, hides during metronome playback, and needs no voice-model download. Smooth graph motion follows the display refresh rate, with bounded history and processing to limit resource use. Microphone permission is required. VOICE CONTROL Say a command containing the word β€œmetronome,” such as β€œMetronome start,” β€œMetronome tempo 120,” or β€œMetronome stop.” You can also change tempo and create practice sequences by voice. Manual metronome controls remain available. Command interpretation runs locally on your device using a downloadable language model. Downloading the model requires your explicit action, an internet connection, and sufficient free storage. Speech recognition uses the device’s system service, preferring on-device recognition; the system provider may use its network service when local recognition is unavailable. Offline voice availability depends on the installed model and speech-language support. Microphone capture runs only while the app is active in the foreground. Switching the microphone off disables both voice commands and the tuner; manual metronome controls remain available. FREE AND PRO The free version includes voice control, the tuner, a metronome sound, and a compact practice grid. One lifetime Pro purchase unlocks additional grid space, 11 visual themes, five metronome sounds, and screen flash, camera-flash, and vibration beat feedback where supported. No subscription is required. Built for scales, rhythm exercises, guitar, piano, vocals, drums, and focused daily practice.

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Guitar Tab Notes

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Guitar Tab Notes is a fast sketchpad for guitar players. When a riff or a chord shape shows up, open the app and get it down before it slips away. Instead of finger numbers or fret numbers, every position on the fretboard is shown as the actual note it plays (C, C#, D and so on). You read the sounds, not the shapes, so an idea still makes sense days later and is easy to move around in your head. WHY GUITARISTS USE IT - Capture ideas fast. Tap the fretboard and the note appears. Nothing in the way. - Think in any tuning. Standard, drop, open, or completely custom alt tunings that you type in and save. Every note name updates instantly across all of your chords. - Made for sketches, not for perfection. Group ideas into projects, drop in quick section labels like verse or chorus, and reorder everything by dragging. - Hear it back. Tap play to strum a chord and check an idea on the spot. - Color your voicings. Highlight alternate notes in four accent colors (turquoise, violet, amber, coral) right on the diagram. Colors can even share one spot with the main note: the dot splits into colored sections. - Capo aware. Set a capo and the fretboard and note names follow along. EVERYWHERE YOU WRITE Guitar Tab Notes runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and your whole sketchbook syncs automatically through your private iCloud. Start a riff on the couch with your phone, then finish the arrangement on iPad or Mac later. Nothing to set up and no account to create. EXPORT AND SHARE Send a single chord as an image, or a whole song as plain text or as a print-ready PDF: clean black-on-white A4 pages with your section labels, automatic page breaks and a choice of 2, 3 or 4 chords per row. On Mac, exports go through the standard Save dialog. Simple on purpose and quick by design. Keep the guitar in your hands and let the ideas land.

Screenshots

Say Metronome4 screens
Guitar Tab Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Guitar Tab Notes at none against Say Metronome's 1. Say Metronome's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Say Metronome sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Guitar Tab Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Say Metronome versus Guitar Tab Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSay MetronomeGuitar Tab Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size55 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROMAN NAUMOVUnited App Sp. z o.o.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Say Metronome

One-time1
  • Say Metronome Pro$7.99
None

Guitar Tab Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Say Metronome free?
Say Metronome is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Guitar Tab Notes free?
Guitar Tab Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Say Metronome or Guitar Tab Notes have ads?
Neither Say Metronome nor Guitar Tab Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Say Metronome or Guitar Tab Notes?
Say Metronome ships an update every 3 days, and Guitar Tab Notes every 3 days. Most recently, Say Metronome was updated on October 31, 2026 and Guitar Tab Notes on October 31, 2026.

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